The Iliad by Homer
A story that centres on the critical events in four days of the tenth and final year of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. It describes how the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilleus sets in motion a tragic sequence of events, which leads to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determines the ultimate fate of Troy.
Much the best modern prose translation of the Iliad -- Robin Lane Fox * Financial Times *
This new prose translation of the Iliad is outstandingly good. . to read it is to be gripped by it * Classical Review *
Superbly direct and eloquent . . . by its sensitivity, fluency, and flexibility, it will win a permanent place on the shelves of Homer-lovers -- Martin Fagg * Times Educational Supplement *
Martin Hammond's new version is the best and most accurate there has ever been, as smooth as cream but as clear as water . . . Hammond's Iliad deserves to become a standard book -- Peter Levi * Independent *
Surely the best Iliad in quite a few decades * Greece & Rome Journal *
Here is a fine Iliad for our times, to be read with great pleasure -- Philip Howard * The Times *
This new prose translation of the Iliad is outstandingly good. . to read it is to be gripped by it * Classical Review *
Superbly direct and eloquent . . . by its sensitivity, fluency, and flexibility, it will win a permanent place on the shelves of Homer-lovers -- Martin Fagg * Times Educational Supplement *
Martin Hammond's new version is the best and most accurate there has ever been, as smooth as cream but as clear as water . . . Hammond's Iliad deserves to become a standard book -- Peter Levi * Independent *
Surely the best Iliad in quite a few decades * Greece & Rome Journal *
Here is a fine Iliad for our times, to be read with great pleasure -- Philip Howard * The Times *
The Greeks attributed both the Iliad and the Odyssey to a single poet whom they named Homer. Nothing is known of his life, though the main ancient tradition made him a native of the island of Chios in east Aegean. His date too is uncertain: most modern scholars place the composition of the Iliad in the second half of the eighth century BC.
Martin Hammond has taught in England and in Greece. He has also translated the Odyssey. He is now Headmaster of Tonbridge School
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140444445 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140444440 |
| Title | The Iliad |
| Author | Homer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1987-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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